Source control systems permit developers to attach a free form message to every committed change. The content of these change messages can support software maintenance activities....
: The decision of using existing software components versus building from scratch custom software is one of the most complex and important choices of the entire development/integra...
Sergio Areias, Daniela Carneiro da Cruz, Pedro Ran...
—We conducted a long-term experiment to compare the costs and benefits of several different software inspection methods. These methods were applied by professional developers to ...
Adam A. Porter, Harvey P. Siy, Carol A. Toman, Law...
In this paper we describe the conception of a software toolkit designed for the construction, maintenance and collaborative use of a Generative Lexicon. In order to ease its porta...
We review the literature on Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development and on software development, distributed work and teams more generally to develop a theoretical mod...
Kevin Crowston, Hala Annabi, James Howison, Chenge...